diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a153d5ff4..e89585bd8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Add new alert that fires if etcd backup metrics are missing for 12h.
+
 ## [2.139.0] - 2023-11-07
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/helm/prometheus-rules/templates/alerting-rules/etcdbackup.rules.yml b/helm/prometheus-rules/templates/alerting-rules/etcdbackup.rules.yml
index 4b99c8a7d..ceee61c37 100644
--- a/helm/prometheus-rules/templates/alerting-rules/etcdbackup.rules.yml
+++ b/helm/prometheus-rules/templates/alerting-rules/etcdbackup.rules.yml
@@ -68,3 +68,15 @@ spec:
         severity: page
         team: {{ include "providerTeam" . }}
         topic: etcd-backup
+    - alert: ETCDBackupMetricsMissing
+      annotations:
+        description: '{{`ETCD backup metrics are missing`}}'
+        opsrecipe: etcd-backup-metrics-missing/
+      expr: absent(etcd_backup_latest_attempt)
+      for: 12h
+      labels:
+        area: kaas
+        cancel_if_outside_working_hours: "true"
+        severity: page
+        team: {{ include "providerTeam" . }}
+        topic: etcd-backup